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Concerning the backstory, it is typical of Tolkien's material : layer upon layer of stories going back to the creation of the world. I love it because it gives an incredible sense of reality to that universe, knowing that there is a consistent past as well as events going on simultaneously in other places.
This is in my opinion the strength of the previous trilogy compared to, for example, the Star Wars universe. In the first 3 films, some backstory was left unexplained, which gave a sense of mystery and triggered the viewers' imagination. The last 3 (episode 1 to 3) flattened everything out and destroyed all that depth.

5 minutes and 26 seconds. That's how long it takes QT's name to appear on screen as the writer of True Romance. No wonder I never associated him with the movie. I don't remember much about it. I'll check in after I finish it.

5 minutes and 26 seconds. That's how long it takes QT's name to appear on screen as the writer of True Romance. No wonder I never associated him with the movie. I don't remember much about it. I'll check in after I finish it.

My favorite movie ever. Fucking awesome.
Gary Oldman really makes it, I think. Even though his part is so small.

Concerning the backstory, it is typical of Tolkien's material : layer upon layer of stories going back to the creation of the world. I love it because it gives an incredible sense of reality to that universe, knowing that there is a consistent past as well as events going on simultaneously in other places.
This is in my opinion the strength of the previous trilogy compared to, for example, the Star Wars universe. In the first 3 films, some backstory was left unexplained, which gave a sense of mystery and triggered the viewers' imagination. The last 3 (episode 1 to 3) flattened everything out and destroyed all that depth.

Not too familiar with the landscapes, but I think it was mostly shot down south where I havn't spent much time. But the general look of the landscapes have a familiar feel.

On reflection, I think you're right about the backstories and history of middle earth, It does make for a more in depth movie in a lot of ways.

Finally had a moment and the inclination to do this. Thank you for your continued patience.

And now...

Dark Tuffy Rising

BOOM!

I'm somewhere in that vague area there. Completely unseeable. The heat from the explosion was much more intense than I was expecting. Note also that all the people to the right of the circle are CGI. Neat. CGI people are more expensive but don't tend to blister when exposed to high heat.

This three second shot required the most takes of the whole day. Like maybe twenty. As the gun-toting terrorist comes running through the archway we're supposed to duck back down and cower in fear. After X-number of takes, I stopped moving out of my seat altogether. It was August, we were sitting in the sun wearing winter clothes, and I hurt all-the-fuck-over. Because of my recalcitrance you can clearly see me. Or the back of my head anyway. (FUCK.) To the right of my head is my hand resting casually on the head of my cane. I think I even had my feet up on the seat in front of me by this time. This was at the end of a very long day.

At this point, everyone you see who is not in the foreground is as digitally-enhanced as the big hole in the stadium.

And then we go to...

One of the first shots of the day. There were a lot of closer shots of this scene where the scientist has his head twisted off but in all of them I seem to be either "just off-screen to the right" or "behind Bane's huge bald head."

One of the amusing thing about Bane's monologue in the stadium was that Tom Hardy (who portrayed Bane) was actually miked up through the PA so we could all hear him. However, as his dialogue was going to be redubbed later, he mostly improvised the goofiest things he could think of to say.

We're going to see This Is 40 this weekend. I want to see Django but it's 2 hours and 45 minutes and it's hard enough to convince the girl to see my movies when they're less than 2 hours. I'll make her watch it next weekend though.

Watched 40 minutes of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at the restaurant today, while the other two girls were talking or simply not minding me and my classmate. I'm gonna have to watch the rest tomorrow, this time on my own.

Your posts also reminded me of something from when I was a kid, because my brain makes weird connections I guess, when I was the subject for an artist to do the illustrations in a young adult book/story/novel. I never got a copy. I haven't thought of that in years and years.

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I'm watching Brokeback Mountain and this movie breaks my heart. The short story it's based on tears me to pieces (it is seriously the saddest thing I ever read...that loss and longing...oh my God, my heart & soul).

I didn't know it was based on a story?

Yeah, it's in an Annie Proulx anthology. I found it online if you're interested.

I guess I must have come across hungry too. During lunch hour, the Director of Photography came into the extras holding pen and set a huge plate of calamari over linguini in front of me saying, "You gotta try this; it's awesome!" The 299 other people in the room eating Subway glared at me for the rest of the break.

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